That World Is Gone: Race and Displacement in a Southern Town

2010

21 min

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Nov 04, 2010

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History, Documentary

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Kathy's family left on a Saturday morning in 1965. The rumble of bulldozers echoed through the neighborhood, and her block was empty. Federally-funded urban renewal had arrived in Charlottesville, scattering dozens of families like Kathy's. The once-vibrant African American community, built by formerly enslaved men and women who had secured a long-denied piece of the American dream, disappeared.

Director:

Hannah Brown Ayers, Lance Warren

Writers:

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Production:

Hannah Brown Ayers, Lance Warren

Country:

United States

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